eprst we're going to go to jan crawford with governor romney who focused on foreign policy today at an address at the virginia military institute. jan? >> reporter: scott, the overarching theme is that the president has no foreign policy archingy that he's remained passive and reactive. romney said he know it is president hopes for a safer and pa freer middle east but that hope ddle e a strategy. egy.hen we look at the middle east today with iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability, with the conflict in wria threatening to destabilize the region and violent extremist on the march and with an american ambassador and three others dead likely at the hands of al qaeda affiliates it's afar that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. >> reporter: in israel, romney said the relationship between president barack obama and prime minister benjamin netanyahu had suffered great strains which has emboldened mutual adversaries such as iran. he said the president stood silent when iranians marched against their regime and wasn't quick enough t